alt Hacker News> I just don't get it! What's the appeal?
its the k shaped economy. the big opportunities are great if you can get into them, but otherwise all there is is serving coffee to the wealthy. People are already poorer without a ladder or fulfilling work at the bottom
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epistasis • today at 4:57 PM
I could see that, if people actually wanted to work in those jobs in large numbers. Yet, poll after poll shows that people don't want to work in the jobs, they just want heavy industry and manufacturing to return to being a big part of the US economy.
People understand that these jobs are worse than what's currently available, yet for some reason want them here.
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Why do people think steel mills would pay better or be more attractive than serving coffee. Hard jobs already exist and are in high demand.